"Levee Board Picks Fight With Oil And Gas Industry, Roiling La."
"NEW ORLEANS -- Flying over southeast Louisiana, it's easy to see human fingerprints on what's left of the wetlands below."
Source: Greenwire, 08/29/2013
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Ohio Regulator, Says He Was Pushed Out For Opposing Coal Industry
"WASHINGTON -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has forced out the head of a key division of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in response to pressure from the coal industry, according to an email obtained by The Huffington Post."
Source: Huffington Post, 08/20/2013
Tracking An Alpine Frog That Chuckles And Beeps For Climate Research
Research biologists are studying the elusive Cascades frog, which lives in alpine meltwater ponds in Washington's Olympic Mountains, to understand how warming climate might affect the ecosystems they depend on.
Source: EarthFix/NPR, 08/08/2013
Levee Agency To Sue Oil, Gas Companies To Restore Louisiana Wetlands
"The regional levee authority overseeing East Bank flood protection will file a lawsuit Wednesday against dozens of oil, gas and pipeline companies aimed at forcing them to repair damage to a buffer zone of wetlands and ridges 'that helps protect the greater New Orleans region from catastrophic flooding,' according to a press release from the agency."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/24/2013
"New Map Shows Where Nature Protects U.S. Coast"
"Coastal habitats like reefs and marshes protect people from natural disasters—in the right locations."
Source: NatGeo, 07/16/2013
Takings Decision Confounds Experts, Spurs Charges of Judicial Activism
"[Tuesday's] Supreme Court decision significantly expanding the rights of property owners to challenge the terms of land-use permits has puzzled environmental law experts and has liberal groups accusing the conservative justices of judicial activism."
Source: Greenwire, 06/27/2013
"Democrats Call on Obama's Budget Office to Cough Up Rules"
"The Senate confirmed Sylvia Matthews Burwell as the new director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) at the end of April. Now Democrats in the House and Senate are calling on her to fix whatever's been delaying all the environmental, health, and safety rules at OMB for months (and in some cases, years)."
Source: Mother Jones, 06/06/2013
"Alaska Mine Would Damage Streams and Wetlands: EPA Report"
"Digging a large mine in southwest Alaska would inflict widespread ecological damage, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a report on Friday that could hurt the chances of a proposed project in that region winning regulatory approval."
Source: Reuters, 04/29/2013
Relief for a Parched Colorado River Delta
"CUCAPÁ EL MAYOR, Mexico — Germán Muñoz looked out at the river before him and talked about the days when dolphins swam here, 60 miles from the sea."
Source: NY Times, 04/16/2013
"Orange County Is Growing Green Jobs"
"In the sleek Irvine office building of FirstCarbon Solutions, engineers, biologists, and mapping software specialists work in green jobs. They calculate the impact of housing tracts, design wetlands, and measure air pollution as part of the fast-growing environmental consulting industry."
Source: Orange County Register, 03/04/2013
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